468.105  New contract -- suit on bond.

Unless the contractor or the surety on the contractor's bond shall appear and in good faith proceed to comply with the demand, and resume work under the contract within the time fixed, the board shall proceed to let contracts for the unfinished work in the same manner as original contracts, and apply all funds not paid to the original contractor toward the completion of the work, and if not sufficient for such purpose, may cause suit to be brought upon the bond of the defaulting contractor for the benefit of the district, and the amount of recovery thereon shall be credited to the district.

Section History: Early form

  [C73, § 1212; C97, § 1944; S13, § 1944, 1989-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7536; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455.115]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 126, § 2

  CS89, § 468.105


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